James Tobin (1918–2002) was an American economist. James Tobin may also refer to: James Tobin (presenter) (born 1980), Australian television presenter Jim Tobin (activist) (1945-2021), American economist and educator Jim Tobin (1912–1969), Major League Baseball pitcher Jimmy Tobin (1898–1978), Irish hurler James Tobin (planter) (1736/7–1817), English merchant, plantation owner in Nevis, and controversialist defending slavery James Webbe Tobin (1767–1814), English abolitionist, son of the planter James William Tobin (1808–1881), merchant and politician in Newfoundland James Tobin (political operative), President George W. Bush's New England campaign chairman James Tobin (author) (born 1956), American journalism professor and author